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Add now() jinja2 global func for getting the date/time (#43792)

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* Add now() jinja2 global func for getting the date/time

* Docs and changelog

* now isn't a lookup, it doesn't need disabled
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.. _templating_now:
Get the current time
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.. versionadded:: 2.8
The ``now()`` Jinja2 function, allows you to retrieve python datetime object or a string representation for the current time.
The ``now()`` function supports 2 arguments:
utc
Specify ``True`` to get the current time in UTC. Defaults to ``False``
fmt
Accepts a `strftime <https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior>`_ string that will be used
to return a formatted date time string
.. seealso::